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Kathy S. Forbes, RDH, BS

Kathy has been a dental hygienist, educator, speaker, author, consultant, seminar, and study club leader for over 40 years. She speaks frequently about the correct classification, documentation, treatment planning, and CDT procedure code selection for patients with periodontal disease. In addition, she holds a license with the ADA for Current Dental Terminology© which allows her to provide the most up-to-date understanding and selection of current procedure codes.

Her national engagements include presentations to the American Dental Association’s Annual Meeting, ADHA Center for Lifelong Learning, RDH Under One Roof, the Pacific Northwest Dental Conference and Beyond Oral Health. Through her company, Professional Dental Seminars, Inc., she provides customized in-office, interactive workshops to address dental practices’ specific concerns related to treatment planning, procedure code selection and long-term management of periodontal patients.

Kathy has had a long career in education in Washington state where she taught in the Dental Hygiene Programs at both Pierce College and Shoreline Community College in Seattle as well as the Teaching Practicum Series for the Eastern Washington University’s Degree Completion program for licensed dental hygienists seeking their Baccalaureate Degree. Most recently she taught for the DH Program at Concorde Career College in Aurora, Colorado.

Kathy currently serves as a Director for the DentalCodeology™ Consortium, reviewing and developing procedure codes relevant to dental hygiene practice which are presented to the Code Maintenance Committee of the American Dental Association each year. She has articles published in RDH Magazine, Dentistry Today, and the Insurance Solutions Newsletter specifically addressing dental hygiene treatment planning and correct procedure code selection.

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